The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-03

mored vessels used for coast and harbor
dafanse The amendment was rejected
withont division; the amendment rec
ommended by the committee was then
adopted without division.
r. strikes out the House provision for
two and four gunboats, all to cost lex
elusive of armament), not more than
81 $50 900, and inserts in lien thereof, a
section providing for the con-
struction, by contract, OF six
able armament, and a speed of
not less than twenty knots, the cost of
all cruisers not to exceed $4,000 900.
Additional appropriations are made for
machinery and armament, one of the
vessels to be built on the Pacific Coast
and two on or near the coast OF the
Gulf of Mexico; for every quarter of a
knot of speed over twenty knots. the
contractor is to receive $4,000, and for
every quarter of a knot under twenty
knots, 10000, 900 will be deducted from
the contract price. Further appropria
tions are made as follows: For the
construction of heavily-armored vessels
or armored floating batteries or rams to
be used for coast and harbor defense,
Sc 100000; for the construction of eight
draught gunboats, suitable for interior
waterways and canal service, S720, 600;
for the construction of torpedo boats of
the highest attainable speed aud etticl-
ency, $500 900; for iorpedoeS and other
explosives and torpedo appliances, to
be operated from naval vessels, floating
batteries, or rams, $500, 000-of which
sum $4,000 shall be immediately avail
able; for the armament of these vessels,
81, 800,0'0. These appropriations are to
be available during five years.
The next material amendment re-
ported by the committee on appropria-
tons and agread to by the Senate, was
the following: For the purchase by the
Secretary of the Navy (if he shall deem
the purchase advisable) of the Destroyer
screw steam vessel of iron designed
and built by Captain John Ericsson,
$lI2, 900.
Mr.. Aldrich offered an amendment,
appropriating 900 for the purchase
of a stie to to be used as a torpedo
boat for experimental purposes. Agreed
to.
The bill and amendments were then
reported to the Senate. (The former
proceeding being supposed to have been
in committee of the whole.
nays on the amendment for six cruisers,
etc.
Mr.. Plumb moved to amend the
amendment, by making the last para
graph read: 1.-The material used in all
naval structures provided for IN this
act, and the amendment for the same,
shah be. as far as practicable, OF
American production, and shall be
furnished and manufactured in the
United States" etc. Agreed to.
On motion of Wilson Iowa) the
House bill to amend the act of March
Sd, 1875, to determine the jurisdiction
of United States circuit courts, and to
regulate the removal of cases from the
State courts, was taken from the calen
dar.
The committee amendments were
concurred in.
Mr.. Cullom proposed an amendment
| providing that the salaries of judges of
the district courts of the United States,
including the judges of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, shall
| be $1,000 per annum and that no
persons related to any justice or
judge of any of the United States
courts within the degree of first cousin
shall hereafter be appointed to any
O4AOO VIC COuIb VI H1lCu ouCA luSCLSS
or judge is member. Agreed to- The
bill passed, A to 6.
Senator Allison, from the committee
on appropriations, reported the legis-
latiye, executive and judicial bill, with
sundry amendments, and gave notice
that he would call it up early to-mor-
row. The aggregate appropriation bill
has been verv slightly increased over
the amount fixed by the House. Among
| the increases are the following: SIT 900
for the bureau of printing and engraving
10 enable the granting of annual leaves to
employees as provided by the House,
and $25, 900 for pension examiners, in
the field fifteen additional clerks were
given to the Secretary of the Interior,
including five law clerks, and one ad-
ditional board of pension examiners
was provided for.
The Senate then, at 11.20, took re-
cess till 10 am. tomorrow.